Inner workings of the inflammatory response to Leishmaniasis
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 23:14
in Biology & Nature
The secret world of inflammation is slowly being revealed by the application of advanced techniques in microscopy, as shown in a new study. Researchers used 2-photon microscopy to identify how killer T lymphocytes behaved when they enter sites of inflammation caused by the parasite Leishmania donovani, and which infected cells they were able to recognize.